There’s this mega-gaming show going on in Germany right now, the European equivalent of our own E3. You’ve might have noticed it echoed on a handful of game blogs, as those who made the trip across the pond attempt to telegraph …
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The 10 Best Android Games for Kids
At Tecca, we love finding the best games and apps for your gadgets. You’ve probably seen our picks for iPad and iPhone, as well as the best games to play on consoles like Xbox and Wii. To complete the lineup, here are our picks …
Papo & Yo Review: A Heartbreaking Meditation on Alcoholism and Child Abuse
Don’t get that title wrong, Papo & Yo is still a video game through and through: It has climbable ladders, autosaving, platforms you tap a gamepad to jump between and geometry-bending puzzles (no really, actual geometry bending) …
Dust: An Elysian Tail Is from a Future That Never Happened
Dust: An Elysian Tail is from the future, only one that never happened. A future where 3D never kicked 2D gaming to the curb. A timeline where 2D side-scrollers never vanished from the charts. Playing it feels like falling …
Ouya Game Console: What We Know (and Don’t Know) So Far
The $99 Ouya game console has finished its Kickstarter fundraising drive with more than $8.5 million in the bank, and its creators are now working toward a March 2013 launch for those who backed the project.
As I wrote last …
The 10 Best New Skyrim Mods for July 2012
A tree house by a waterfall? A slew of giant monsters roaming the northern seas? Skyrim meets Minecraft? That and more in our pick of July’s best new Skyrim mods.
Hackcraft: Blizzard Warns of Security Intrusion, Recommends Users Change Passwords
It’s getting so companies that haven’t been hacked are probably starting to feel left out: Blizzard just announced that it recently discovered an “unauthorized and illegal access” to its internal network — a breach that included …
Are Tablets like the iPad Poised to Dethrone Game Consoles?
Thank you, Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, the guys behind the bleeding-edge PC shooter Crysis, for confirming in so many words what I’ve been saying for years: Tablet-gaming is here, and it’s a clear and present threat to console …
The Long Hello or Goodbye? Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Free-to-Play
Back in 2010, someone purporting to be a disgruntled ex-Electronic Arts employee posted an anonymous blog post about the company’s forthcoming Star Wars-based MMO that caused quite a stir. In the note, this acid-tongued incognito …
Isn’t It Time for a PlayStation Vita Price Cut?
It’s looking more like a long, slow bridge to who-knows-where for Sony’s silent running PlayStation Vita. No, I don’t have official sales figures in front of me, but Sony’s reticence about said figures is telling. Companies can’t …
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Shambles Over to Android, but You’ll Need a Sony Phone to Play
You can now play Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies on an Android phone. Hooray! But not just any Android device: only Sony’s Android-based Xperia S, Xperia Ion and Xperia Play smartphones. Boo.
If you have an iPad or iPhone, …
Yeouch: Video Games Programmed to Zap Players via Shock Collars
Years ago, my parents put in an invisible fence to keep our family dog from running away. The dog wore a shock collar for a while in order to get used to where the boundaries of the yard were located. Within minutes of the …